OMBRE COWL
Get in the swing of spring with this stylish cowl by Sarah Shrimpton.
This lightweight cowl is crocheted in beautiful, naturally avocado-dyed mini skeins, though you could substitute in 100g/425m of sock yarn for a similar effect. Sarah has arranged her colours from darkest to lightest, but go your own way and reverse this order if you prefer.
COWL
Using darkest yarn, ch120, ss to first ch to join in a loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), dc in same ch and each ch around, ss to first dc to join. [120 sts]
Round 2 Ch1, dc in first st, *skip 2 sts, 5tr in next st, skip 2 sts, dc in next st; rep from * around, omitting last dc, ss to first dc to join. [20 5-tr groups]
Rounds 3-9 Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), *skip 2 tr, 5tr in next tr, skip 2 tr, tr in next st; rep from * around, omitting last tr, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Fasten off.
Round 10 Join next yarn in first st, ch3, *working in back loops only, 1tr, 1htr, 1dc, 1htr, 2tr; repeat from * around, omitting last tr, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Round 11 Ch3 (counts as tr), *(ch1, skip next st, tr in next st) twice, ch1, skip next st, *FPtr around next st; repeat from * around, omitting last FPtr, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Round 12 Ch3, *tr in next ch-1 sp, (tr in next tr, tr in next ch-1 sp) twice, FPtr around next st; repeat from * around, omitting last FPtr, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Rounds 13-18 Repeat Rounds 11 and 12 three more times.
Round 19 Repeat Round 11.
Fasten off.
Round 20 Join next yarn in first st, ch3, Xtr around to last ch-1 sp, working into all sts and ch-1 sps, tr in last ch-1 sp, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Round 21 Ch3, tr in next st, Xtr around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Round 22 Ch3, Xtr around to last st, tr in last st, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Rounds 23-28 Repeat Rounds 21 and 22 three times more.
Fasten off.
Round 29 Join next yarn in first st, ch3, 2tr in same st, skip next 2 sts, *3tr in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Round 30 Ss to next st, ch3, 2tr in same st, skip next 2 sts, *3tr in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Rounds 31-36 Repeat Round 30 six times more.
Fasten off.
Round 37 Join next yarn in second st, ch4 (counts as tr, ch-1), tr in same st, skip next 2 sts, *(tr, ch1, tr) in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around, ss to 3rd ch of beg ch-4 to join.
Round 38 Ss to first ch-1 sp, ch4 (counts as tr, ch-1), tr in same st, skip next 2 sts, *(tr, ch1, tr) in next st, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around, ss to 3rd ch of beg ch-4 to join.
Rounds 39-45 Repeat Round 38 seven more times.
Round 46 Ch1, dc in same st, *dc in ch-1 sp, dc in each of next 2 tr; repeat from * around omitting last dc, ss to first dc to join.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
TO FINISH
Block gently to size.